Mitchell v Trial in Oregon Senator Faces Trial
The trial of Senator John H. Mitchell in U S district court opens with jury selection on the second day. Close friends of the senator attend as witnesses for the government prepare a mass of exhibits, including land office clerks and aides. The case promises a hard fight as lawyers and staff arrive in Seattle for proceedings.
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Land
Ore
John H. Mitchell
United Fates District Court
Mitchell
Thurston
Be. Mitchell
Chapman
Tacoma
Ers Richards
Genland
A. & Grant
George Ogden
Tanner
Harry Robb
Outlaw Samson Shot by Government Spy in Washington
Reports say Apolonio Samson, a Filipino outlaw under Aguinaldo, was killed in Washington when a government spy shot him as he interfered during his duty. Samson led insurgent troops in Bulacan during the rebellion.
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Washington, D. C
Apolonia Samson
Samson
Aguinaldo
Bulacan
Never Worked A Day In His Life El Paso Hermit
Jesus Rodrigues a 97 year old Mexican resident of El Paso has never held a regular job. He survives by promoting cockfights and gambling on results, earning small sums from fights. Born in Chihuahua, he moved to El Paso in 1880, never married, and once fled floodwaters with 16 gamecocks to the city hall steps.
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Jesus Rodriguea
EL Paso
Tex
Jesus Rodrigues
Rodrigues
United States
Chihuahua
Rio Grande River
Navy Vessels Sent To Dry Dock In Bremerton Notes
The gun boat Concord and the tug Pawtucket were placed in dry dock at Bremerton navy yard to have bottoms cleaned and repainted. The Pawtucket must skip its Friday trip to Heattle. In Paris the American embassy will dispatch Captain Smith to oversee the Paul Jones body removal and related ceremonies.
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Bremerton
Concord
Navy Yard
Pawtucket
Heattte
Paris
Janes
Smith
Paul Jones
Roosevelt Visits Worcester Greeted by Crowds
President Roosevelt arrived in Worcester Massachusetts at 9 20 only to receive a degree of L L D at Clark University and deliver an address. The city is decorated and a large crowd lined the streets as militia and Spanish war veterans escorted him. In Chicago a revolver attack on burglars at a stockyards butcher shop left Officer McGreaghan wounded and likely to die. Two suspects Mahoney and O Hearn were captured while a third escaped.
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My Gertees News
Worcester
Mass
Roosevelt
Ae Screener Ou Ayort
Clark University
Chicago
Stock Yards
McGreaghan
John Mahoney
James O' Hearn
Mahoney
Jewelry Receipt and Missing Inheritance Conflict
A witness recalls taking a woman's jewelry after she claimed it included items from her husband and a doctor. He gave a receipt and later told her that the spirit would not agree to her request yet might change later. he remained in Oakland for a time afterward.
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Oakland
Cort Is Back From New York With Busy Season Plans
John Cort general manager of Northwestern Theatrical association and Grand Opera House chief arrived after a month long trip to New York. He confirmed securing the finest bookings for Beattie Snite theaters and will reveal the list in a day or two. The couple enjoyed the trip and plan rest at their ranch after a long journey.
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John Cort
Northwestern Theatrical Association
Grand Opera House
New York
Moore
Cort
Lake Washington
Beattie
Miscellany of Quotations and Local Vignettes
A collage of quirky lines and anecdotes including a yacht joke, wartime nods, poems about Lucy Gray, a druggist exchange, a dog Dane and street railway chatter. It weaves editorials, verse, and local color with brief interactions and quirky sayings from urban life.
Spirits Refused Spirits Refused in Portland
Madam Reginal Ruff a clairvoyant arrested by Pinkerton agents for an Oakland jewelry robbery reveals she was told by Mra. Clara Stearns to cause the bodies of her husband and a physician's wife to dissolve. Ruff says Stearns planned the destruction with spirits as the means to recover the diamonds Stearns allegedly supplied.
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Portland, Or
Reginal Ruff
Pinkerton Agency
Oakland
Mra
Clara Stearns
Mra. Stearns
San Francisco
Madame Ruff
Torpedo expert tied to travel claim in historic debate
A visitor questions a man lingering by cables while an attendant explains he is a former naval expert who became involved while trying to prove his theory about torpedoes.
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Iver Wneys
Portland
Seattle
Ross Easy
James Bothwell Traine
Agans- Insurance- Rens
Steinway A. BR Chase
Woodbury
Gramer
Thayer
Sherman, Clay & Co
Steinway Dealers
Second Ave
Cal
Kline & Rosenberg
First Avenue
Oregon Supreme Court
Oscar Rogeway
Semtpon News Asean
Alsea
L. Schoenfeld & Sons
Firat Avenue
Crescent
Sais Tesioell
All Steel
Spelger & Hurlbut Second and Union
Teddy
Worgester
Association
Goguy Inc
Yesler
Firet Ave
Stone, Fisher & Lane Annex
Stone, Fisher @ Lane Annex
Second Avenue and
University Street
St. Petersburg
Nikela Tesia
Nikola
Philadelphia
Josh Wise
Him
Johann Hoch
Morodora
Nan Patterson
Milwaukee Sentinel
Lucy Gray
Moor
Maester Vordeworth
Gude
Lacy
Lacey
Ant
Lucy Ant
Lucy
Little Lak
Gray Ban
André
Maester Halli and
Kansas City, Mo
Dane
Marion
Record
Glasgow
Lucy Ant Ban
Ban Hall
King County
Kenny
R. O. Smith
Times Block
GEO. H. Woodhouse CO
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